Example sentences of "[Wh det] make the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | We survived the Thirties and the war , we sold successfully up to 1987 ( a flourish of porcelain animals and birds sold out 90 per cent before the opening party , immediately after Black Monday in the City ) ; even in 1991 we had secured a collection which made the first half of the year look profitable . |
| 2 | He built , to his own design , the steamship Robert Fulton , which made the first successful ocean voyage off the east coast of America , sailing from New York to Havana . |
| 3 | Impatient of this , Richard of Gloucester put forward a further suggestion — which made the first seem infinitely preferable ! |
| 4 | We came together as a group almost by accident , but there was a convergence of our experiences and a symmetry to our ideas which made the first few months of our existence one of the most stimulating and electrifying of my life . |
| 5 | It is the profusion of flowers which make the first impression on visitors although fruit and vegetables are grown as well . |
| 6 | Quite often it is the clearing banks which make the first move by announcing a base rate change before the Bank alters its intervention rates . |